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प्रश्न
Find and discuss some examples of reports related to the given topic.
Any social issue
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उत्तर
Do it yourself.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Form groups and use the following topic for discussion. Take the help of your college library and your teacher.
Equality before law
Find and discuss some examples of reports related to the given topic.
Award distribution
Work in groups of 4-6. Choose one folk art form, that is rarely or no longer performed.
Find out the reasons for this and suggest practical solutions/steps that can be taken to prevent this. After discussion and research, conduct a talk show in the class on the topic FOLK ARTS - A REVIVAL. The following inputs will help you.
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Each group will consist of the following members. 1. The host NOTE: Your teacher will distribute role cards with cues to each member of the group to help you play your roles. |
Figures of speech
Alliteration: Repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.
Pick out the words in alliteration.
“Sweet creature!” said the Spider, “you're witty and you’re wise,”
Identify the character or speaker of the following line.
She stood petrified with astonishment peering over her glasses.
When I was a little boy ______,
While I was ______.
Have you ever been scared? What happened? How did you feel? Talk about it in one or two sentences with your friend. Repeat it to the class.
Prepare a welcome address on the occasion of Republic day celebration.
Mock anchoring for annual day celebration.
Collect images of some electronic gadgets and play a JAM (just a minute) game by picking one image and talking for a minute about it in your classroom.
Read the following dialogue and report it.
| Johnson | “What are you doing here, Suganthi? I haven’t seen you since June.” |
| Suganthi | “I’ve just come back from my holiday in Ooty.” |
| Johnson | “Did you enjoy it?” |
| Suganthi | “I love Ooty. And the people were so friendly.” |
| Johnson | “Did you go to Coakers Walk?” |
| Suganthi | “It was my first trip. I can show you some pictures. Are you doing anything tomorrow?” |
| Johnson | “I must arrange a couple of things. But I am free tonight.” |
| Suganthi | “You might come to my place. At what time shall we meet?” |
| Johnson | “I’ll be there at eight. Is it all right?” |
Johnson asked Suganthi ______. And he said ______ since June. Suganthi explained that ______ back from her holiday in Ooty. Johnson wondered if ______ it. Suganthi told him that she ______ Ooty and that the people ______ so friendly. Johnson wanted to know ______ to the Coakers Walk. Suganthi said that its first trip and that she some pictures. And then she asked him if he Johnson explained that he ______ a couple of things. But he added that he ______ free at night. Suganthi suggested that he ______ place and asked him at what time ______. Johnson said he ______ there at eight. And finally, he asked ______ all right.
“Why do volcanoes erupt?”
She wondered why ______.
Read the different verb form where they remain the same in the direct and indirect speech in the following case. Fill in the blank with missing indirect speech.
With would rather, had better,
Do you have art / craft session in your school?
What qualities do you gain by doing art or craft?
Read the story board and take roles as pilot and flight attendants to enact the scene.
Inflight Passenger Announcements
Answer the following
Identify the rhyme scheme of the given short poem.
My dog likes bones,
He eats them up,
He’s very sweet,
He’s just a pup.
Take a few minutes and make hints of the picture. Arrange your thoughts. Using the points you write, deliver a small speech focusing on the issue picturized here. Give an interesting and informative speech. Your speech should include the cause and the solution.
Tips for effective speaking
• Organise your points and ideas well.
• Don’t memorise the speech. If you forget a point, it will make you nervous.
• Avoid the things that are of no value or interest to the audience.
• Before you speak, take a deep breath, smile, greet the audience.
• Don’t be nervous about making a mistake.
• Interesting speech makes your mistakes nothing.
Discuss in groups of five. Make a story about the comic strip. Then share it in the class.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Are you coming home with me?” he asked.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Don't you know the way home?” asked I.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
“Bring me a glass of milk,” said the swami to the villagers.
Change the following into Indirect Speech.
The teacher said to him, “Do not read so fast.”
Change the following into Direct Speech.
I wrote that I would visit him next day.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
An old mouse asked who would bell the cat.
Change the following into Direct Speech.
The stranger asked Nasrin where she lived.
Look at the picture of a village festival carefully. Talk about the activities that are going on by using the hints given in the help box.
About the place and the people — what is happening: what do the children and the adults do? – kind of shops – performances
Match the poetic lines with Figures of speech.
| 1) | So brainy | personification |
| 2) | Mountains | personification |
| 3) | It's so absent-minded | hyperbole |
| 4) | Computer gobbled a worm | metaphor |
| 5) | Very sick | metaphor |
Imagine that you and your friend have decided to spend a day together in your house. You have planned your schedule from morning till night. Discuss in pairs and speak about it in the class. You can start like this:
I like to go for a walk but my friend wants to work out in the gym.
Name the character or speaker.
“Wake up. Your ship is ready.”
Imagine you are Mowgli. Which animal would you befriend? What kind of adventure would you like in the forest? Make use of the hints below to talk about it.
- Hi, I’m Mowgli. The only human being living in the jungle.
- I have been raised by a pack of wolves, in an Indian forest.
- I go and hunt with my friends for food.
- My close buddy is a ______.
- His/ Her name is______.
- He/ She guides and accompanies me ______.
- We enjoy loitering in the jungle by ______.
- The jungle where we live is______.
- On the whole, I am ______.
What’s your lunch today?
Borrowing a book from public Library.
Lots of things must have happened in the village when Rip was away. Imagine you are the neighbour who greets Rip after 20 years. One student should act as Rip. Tell Rip about all that had happened in the village after he left.
(Talk about what happened to his family, to his friends, to the other villagers, to the children he played with, the change in the village, etc. your teacher will guide you.)
You may start this way: Guess what happened on the day you left. When you did not come home in the evening, your wife ………
A boy and a girl are talking about their holidays.
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beneath, breeze, meet, fear, each, meadow. |
Some letter are missing in each word.
sl ______ p
Some letter are missing in each word.
m ______ t
Where did the tip of the tongue touch?
Listen and repeat Ca -t
What is the script for children who cannot see called?
Do you think that –
Do birds have secrets?
Do you think that –
Do you know the secret language of any animal? Tell the class about it.
What do you think the naughty boy would see in India?
All cultures have their own folk songs in which each line is repeated. This line is sung in a chorus. Sing a folk song in your own language.
Build a conversation of eight to ten sets of exchanges , with your grandmother, discussing the incidents that happened in your school that day.
Tell the class about your ambition in life and the way you are working towards achieving your goal.
Your friend competes with you in academics and sports. Think of the situation wherein you would not be affected by his/her victory and the ways in which you would encourage your friend to succeed.
‘When the mouse laughs at the cat, there is a hole nearby.’ Explain the meaning of this statement to your friends.
You are rushing to attend to an important work and you witness an accident on your way. Will you go to the rescue of the injured person? Share your views with the class.
Build a conversation for the following situation with a minimum of five exchange.
A passenger and a railway staff regarding the cancellation of the reserved tickets.
Build a conversation for the following situation with a minimum of five exchange.
A salesman and a customer at an electronic shop.
Here are a few instructions given by a Health Inspector to a group of students, in order to prevent malaria and dengue. Complete the series adding some more important instructions.
- Do not allow water to stagnate in and around your house.
- Keep your surroundings clean.
- Wear long-sleeved shirts/blouses and long pants/skirts that cover your arms and legs.
- ______
Now, write a set of 8 to 10 instruction for the following situation.
A doctor instructing a patient regarding a healthy diet and proper care after a surgery.
Given below is a well-known quotation.
“Cowards die many times before their death”.
Study the quotations and identify the adverse human qualities that are worse than ‘death’ and discuss the underlying message conveyed.
Ray Bradbury’s “All Summer in a Day” is a piece of science fiction. Discuss plots of similar stories with your partner and share your ideas with the class.
